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Sunday, October 2, 2016

Vacancy at KNCV : Project Assistant

KNCV
Tuberculosis Foundation is an international non-profit organization
dedicated to the fight against tuberculosis (TB), still the second most
deadly infectious disease in the world. KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation has
a strong reputation in national and international TB control. KNCV is
an international center of expertise for TB control that promotes
effective, efficient, innovative and sustainable tuberculosis control
strategies in a national and international context. We are an
organization of passionate TB professionals, including doctors,
researchers, training experts, nurses and epidemiologists. We aim to
stop the spread of the worldwide epidemic of TB and to prevent the
further spread of drug-resistant TB. As a non-profit international
organization, KNCV is active in over 40 countries in Europe, Africa,
Latin America and Asia. The central office is located in The Hague, The
Netherlands. KNCV Indonesia helps to combat tuberculosis in Indonesia
in close cooperation with the Ministry of Health.

Challenge TB

KNCV
is the lead partner in Challenge TB (CTB), the new USAID-funded 5-year
global program to decrease TB mortality and morbidity in high burdened
countries. We lead an international consortium with eight partner
organizations: American Thoracic Society (ATS), Family Health
International (FHI 360), Interactive Research & Development (IRD),
Japanese Anti Tuberculosis Foundation (JATA), Management Sciences for
Health (MSH), Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), The
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union),
and the World Health Organization. The overarching strategic objectives
of Challenge TB are to improve access to quality patient centred care
for TB, TB/HIV, and MDR-TB services; to prevent transmission and disease
progression; and to strengthen TB platforms.

Currently KNCV is looking for a:

Project Assistant

Duty Station: Representative Office, Jakarta

The
Representative Office Project Assistant will support the RO-technical
staff with the administration of all national activities.

Key Responsibilities include:

Assist
the National TO’s for national activities in the planning, coordination
and administration of successful project activity implementation such
as organizing seminars/conferences/workshops, training, meetings (external and internal), presentations, etc.